R & D (Accidental Rant)

Another thing, unrelated to the thing I posted five minutes ago, that I’ve been thinking about. A lot of artists that I see all over the internets have the opposite issue as me, in terms of R & D. I hardly produce anything anymore, yes I’m fully aware of that fact. I spend most of my creating time trying to figure out new ways to draw things, better ways to draw it, or just learning new things altogether (as in the fact that I can actually draw human faces now, and not just animu style either). I’ve noticed, though, that a good chunk of other artists haven’t improved in any noticeable way in years: Still making the same anatomical mistakes, still shite with line weight or quality, still can’t color worth a damn, etc. The thing is, though, that they still churn out images near daily, and it pisses me off sometimes. I want to do that. I want to knock out drawing after drawing, day after day. It’s hard for me to switch gears though. It’s hard for me to look at a drawing, even if I’ve spent hours on it, and honestly say “Yes, this looks as good as I can make it.” Even if it’s true, I know I can make their face, or a specific body part look better, more realistic, if I just spent more time trying different things. That Doggy picture two posts ago? I completely redrew that exact image, same pose and everything, four times before drawing that one. Each time I changed things a little bit; the style of his head, his eyes, expression, position, body language, even changing up the size and shape of his entire figure. Despite that, though, it honestly still bugs the shit out of me. What I’ve come to at this point is that I just get fed up with trying to figure it out, and post what I’ve finished. I’m really kinda’ curious if any other artists actually go through that, or if everyone else is capable of just drawing something once and calling it good, without even a second thought about how it could look better.

Damn that became long…